English-Thai Dictionary
tweed
N ผ้าขนสัตว์ pa-kon-sad
tweedy
ADJ ที่ ทำ จาก ผ้าขนสัตว์ ti-tam-jak-p-kon-sad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TWEEDLE
v.t.To handle lightly; used of awkward fiddling.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TWEED
Tweed, n. Etym: [Probably a corruption of twills. See Twill. ]
Defn: A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.
TWEEDLE
Twee "dle, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Twiddle. ] [Written also twidle. ]
1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure. A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service. Addison.
2. To twist. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.
TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE
TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE Twee "dle *dum ` and Twee "dle *dee `.
Defn: Two things practically alike; -- a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692 -1793 ) in his satire "On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini."
New American Oxford Dictionary
Tweed
Tweed |twēd twid | a river that rises in southeastern Scotland and flows east for 97 miles (155 km ) before it crosses into northeastern England and enters the North Sea. Part of its lower course forms the border between Scotland and England.
tweed
tweed |twēd twid | ▶noun a rough-surfaced woolen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colors, originally produced in Scotland: [ as modifier ] : a tweed sports jacket. • (tweeds ) clothes made of this material: boisterous Englishwomen in tweeds. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: originally a misreading of tweel, Scots form of twill, influenced by association with the Tweed River.
Tweed, William M.
Tweed, William M. |twēd twid | (1823 –78 ) US politician; known as Boss Tweed. As a New York City official and a state senator 1867 –71, he became the leader of Tammany Hall, the executive committee of New York City's Democratic Party and a ring of political corruption, that swindled the state treasury out of as much as $200 million. Convicted in 1873, he fled to Cuba and then Spain, but was extradited in 1876 and returned to a New York jail, where he died.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Twee dle dum and Twee dle dee |ˌtwēdlˈdəm and ˌtwēdlˈdē twiːdlˈdʌməntwiːdlˈdiː | ▶noun a pair of people or things that are virtually indistinguishable. ORIGIN originally names applied to the composers Bononcini (1670 –1747 ) and Handel, in a 1725 satire by John Byrom (1692 –1763 ); they were later used for two identical characters in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass .
tweedy
tweed y |ˈtwēdē ˈtwidi | ▶adjective ( tweedier, tweediest ) (of a garment ) made of tweed cloth: a tweedy suit. • informal (of a person ) habitually wearing tweed clothes: a stout, tweedy woman. • informal of a refined, traditional, upscale character: the tweedy world of books. DERIVATIVES tweed i ly |-dilē |adverb, tweed i ness noun
Oxford Dictionary
Tweed
Tweed |twiːd | a river which rises in the Southern Uplands of Scotland and flows generally eastwards, crossing into NE England and entering the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed. For part of its lower course it forms the border between Scotland and England.
tweed
tweed |twiːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a rough-surfaced woollen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colours, originally produced in Scotland: [ as modifier ] : a tweed sports jacket. • (tweeds ) clothes made of tweed: boisterous Englishwomen in tweeds. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: originally a misreading of tweel, Scots form of twill, influenced by association with the River Tweed.
Tweed, William M.
Tweed, William M. |twēd twid | (1823 –78 ) US politician; known as Boss Tweed. As a New York City official and a state senator 1867 –71, he became the leader of Tammany Hall, the executive committee of New York City's Democratic Party and a ring of political corruption, that swindled the state treasury out of as much as $200 million. Convicted in 1873, he fled to Cuba and then Spain, but was extradited in 1876 and returned to a New York jail, where he died.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Tweedle |dum and Tweedle |dee |twiːd (ə )lˈdʌm, twiːd (ə )lˈdiː | ▶noun a pair of people or things that are virtually indistinguishable. ORIGIN originally names applied to the composers Bononcini (1670 –1747 ) and Handel, in a 1725 satire by John Byrom (1692 –1763 ); they were later used for two identical characters in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass .
tweedy
tweedy |ˈtwiːdi | ▶adjective ( tweedier, tweediest ) (of a garment ) made of tweed cloth: a tweedy suit. • informal habitually wearing tweed clothes: a stout, tweedy woman. • informal of a robust traditional or rural character (by association with the country gentry who traditionally wear tweeds ): a tweedy gathering of the Cheshire young farmers. DERIVATIVES tweedily adverb, tweediness noun
Duden Dictionary
Tweed
Tweed Substantiv, maskulin Textilindustrie , der |tviːt englisch twiːd |der Tweed; Genitiv: des Tweeds, Plural: die Tweeds und Tweede englisch tweed, nach dem schottischen Fluss Tweed, der durch das Gebiet, wo der Stoff hergestellt wird, fließt meist klein gemusterter oder melierter, aus grobem Garn gewebter Stoff
French Dictionary
tweed
tweed n. m. nom masculin Tissu de laine originaire d ’Écosse servant à la confection des vêtements sport. : Une veste de tweed inusable. Des tweeds de qualité. Note Technique Ce nom, emprunté à l ’anglais depuis plus de cent cinquante ans, est admis en français. Prononciation Les lettres ee se prononcent i et le d se prononce, [twid ]
Spanish Dictionary
tweed
tweed nombre masculino Tejido de lana virgen escocesa, que es de textura irregular y peluda y tiene un aspecto rústico pero suave al tacto; se caracteriza por su jaspeado y por ser un tejido cálido, fuerte y resistente al desgaste :en los codos de los sacos de tweed suelen ponerse coderas de cuero .Se pronuncia ‘tuid ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
tweed
tweed /twiːd /名詞 1 U ツイード 〘数色の糸で織った目の粗い毛織物 〙.2 C 〖～s 〗ツイードの服 .
tweedy
tweed y /twíːdi /形容詞 1 ｟英 ｠(田舎に住む )上流階級風の ; ツイード服の好きな .2 ツイードの (ような ).3 きさくな, くつろいだ .
The Wordsmith Dictionary